Hamer Bouazza
Algerian-French footballer (born 1986)
Hamer Bouazza (Arabic: عامر بوعزة; born 22 February 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
Bouazza spent most of his football career in England, having also played in Turkey, France, Cyprus, Spain, Algeria and Tunisia.
An Algerian international between 2007 and 2013, Bouazza played for his country in two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations: 2010 in Angola and 2013 in South Africa.
Early life
Hamer Bouazza was born on 22 February 1985 in Évry, Essonne in France. He grew up in Évry with his parents, two brothers and two sisters. In October 2005, speaking about his early life, Bouazza said: "Sometimes I didn't go to school because all that I wanted was to play football. It was football, football. I started playing at nine and when I was 15 I got a chance with Auxerre. It did not go well and after a year I returned to Évry."
Club career
Watford
In 2003, at the age of 16, Bouazza moved to England having won a scholarship at Watford following a trial.
He made his first team debut as an 88th-minute substitute on 7 February 2004 in a 2–2 with Sunderland at Vicarage Road.
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